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EVALUATING THE EFFECTS OF DIFFERENT MAGNITUDES OF REINFORCEMENT ON THE PERSISTENCE OF SOCIAL SKILLS LEARNED THROUGH BST IN ADULTS WITH DEVELOPMENTAL DISABILITIES

Study 1 examined the usefulness of a BST package to teach conversation skills and job interview skills to young adults with developmental disabilities. Performance was scored in terms of percent of steps correct, according to task analyses. The BST package included instructions, modeling, rehearsal, feedback, and reinforcement. The skills were paired with either a high magnitude of reinforcement or a low magnitude of reinforcement. Study 2 assessed the effects of these different magnitudes of reinforcement on the persistence of the social skills. Results of Study 2 are described in terms of percent of steps correct and also proportion to baseline.

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:siu.edu/oai:opensiuc.lib.siu.edu:theses-2780
Date01 August 2015
CreatorsOtte, Erik Michael
PublisherOpenSIUC
Source SetsSouthern Illinois University Carbondale
Detected LanguageEnglish
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